Charles Brockden Brown famous quotes

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I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with energy which vice can never resist; that it was always in our power to obstruct, by his own death, the designs of an enemy who aimed at less than our lives.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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All men are, at times, influenced by inexplicable sentiments. Ideas haunt them in spite of all their efforts to discard them. Prepossessions are entertained, for which their reason is unable to discover any adequate cause. The strength of a belief, when it is destitute of any rational foundation, seems, of itself, to furnish a new ground for credulity. We first admit a powerful persuasion, and then, from reflecting on the insufficiency of the ground on which it is built, instead of being prompted to dismiss it, we become more forcibly attached to it.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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How slender is the accommodation which nature has provided for man.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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Confide not in the firmness of your principles, or the steadfastness of your integrity. Be always vigilant and fearful. Never think you have enough of knowledge, and let not your caution slumber for a moment, for you know not when danger is near.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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I said to myself, we must die. Sooner or later, we must disappear forever from the face of the earth. Whatever be the links that hold us to life, they must be broken. This scene of existence is, in all its parts, calamitous.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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There are ideas that exist in our minds that can be accounted for by no established laws
-- Charles Brockden Brown

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Ideas exist in our minds that can be accounted for by no established laws.
-- Charles Brockden Brown

#Law #Ideas #Mind

Mischief and malice grow on the same branch of the tree of evil.
We're never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world.
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
Design should do the same thing in everyday life that art does when encountered: amaze us, scare us or delight us, but certainly open us to new worlds within our daily existence.
Delete, delete, delete and at the end find the â€˜core aspect of the designâ€™
You should not be carried away by the dictation of the mind, but the mind should be carried by your dictation.
If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude...
The approach of death certainly concentrates the mind.
A good roast of sun, it slows you, lets you relaxâ€“and out here if there's anything wrong, you can see it coming with bags of time to do what's next. This is the place and the weather for peace, for the cultivation of a friendly mind.
And unlike the rest of you, he hasnâ€™t yet time to ruin his career or his mind." "Then he wonâ€™t do. Send him home. Get us another lunatic." "Excuse me!" [hopping up to stand in his seat] "Elassar Targon, master of the universe, reporting for duty!" "I withdraw my objection.

Charles Brockden Brown famous quotes

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